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Nonreligious coping and religious coping as predictors of expressed emotion in relatives of patients with schizophrenia

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Wasserman, Stephanie, Weisman, Amy, Suro, Giulia·2013·Mental Health, Religion & Culture
DOI 10.1080/13674676.2011.642347PMC PMC3563058
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Expressed emotion (EE) is a measure of the amount of criticism and emotional over involvement expressed by a key relative towards a relative with a disorder or illness (Hooley, 2007). Research has established that living in a high EE environment, which is characterized by increased levels of critical and emotionally exaggerated communication, leads to a poorer prognosis for patients with a mental illness when compared to low EE environments. Despite evidence that EE is a strong predictor of course of illness, there continue to be questions concerning why some family members express excessive levels of high EE attitudes about their mentally ill relatives while others do not. Based on indirect evidence from previous research, the current study tested whether religious and nonreligious coping serve as predictors of EE. A sample of 72 family members of patients with schizophrenia completed an EE interview, along with questionnaires assessing situational nonreligious coping and religious coping. In line with hypotheses, results indicated that nonreligious coping predicted EE. Specifically, less use of adaptive emotion-focused coping predicted high EE. Also consistent with predictions, maladaptive religious coping predicted high EE above and beyond nonreligious coping.

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Authors
Wasserman, S., Weisman, A., & Suro, G.
Affiliations
  • University of Miami (US)
  • University of Miami
Corresponding author
Suro, Giulia
ORCID
Suro, Giulia
Venue
Mental Health, Religion & Culture
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2012-01-20
Volume
16
Issue
1
Pages
16-30
ISSN
  • 1367-4676 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-9737
DOI
10.1080/13674676.2011.642347
PMC
PMC3563058
OpenAlex
W2156455019
Cited by
18
References
4
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FWCI
1.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Mental Health Religion & Culture (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R34MH071250)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
Keywords
expressed emotion, religious coping, emotion-focused coping, family caregivers, schizophrenia, family environment, maladaptive coping, clinical course

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